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The Kutenai Art Therapy Institute offers a comprehensive and immersive art therapy training program.

The Kutenai Art Therapy Institute (KATI) is an art therapy school offering a fully accredited, two-year, graduate-level diploma program. Our curriculum embodies the interplay between creativity, land-based practice, and collective care, expressed through transformative education and community service. Students can take the program in one of two formats: campus hybrid or online hybrid. We are located in the beautiful mountain town of Nelson, British Columbia, on unceded Indigenous territory.

11/21/2025

🎨 November at KATI: Creating, Connecting, and Coming Home⁠
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As the days grow shorter and the season invites reflection, KATI continues to offer creative spaces to connect, express, and come home to yourself through art.⁠
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This month’s gatherings include community open studios, online art therapy groups, and our upcoming exhibition Earth, Hearth, Heart: An Art Show About Home.⁠
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Whether you join in person or online, these sessions offer moments to pause, create, and share in the warmth of collective creativity.⁠
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✨ All are welcome: no experience needed, just curiosity and heart. https://www.kutenaiarttherapy.com/calendar
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11/19/2025

🏡 Earth, Hearth, Heart: An Art Show About Home⁠
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Friday, November 28 | 6–8pm PST⁠
📍 Kutenai Art Therapy Institute, 191 Baker St, Nelson, BC⁠
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What does “home” mean to you: a place, a feeling, a memory, or something still becoming?⁠
Join us for an evening of art, poetry, and community connection as we explore home through creativity and heart.⁠
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✨ Featuring:⁠
🎨 Artwork by KATI students, clients, faculty, and community members⁠
✒ Poetry readings & interactive stations⁠
🏠 A folk art playhouse + button-making corner⁠
☕ Refreshments and good company⁠
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This is a free, drop-in event. Registration is encouraged but not required.⁠
Come celebrate belonging, creativity, and the many ways we find home within ourselves and one another.⁠
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Register: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/kati/1950350/r/fb
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🖼️ Artists:⁠
Interested in contributing? Submit your artwork, title, and short reflection by Nov 26.⁠
Digital submissions (photos, short videos, slides) are also welcome!⁠
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📩 Questions or submissions? Contact Joss at jvanwynsberghe@kutenaiarttherapy.com.⁠
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💛 All are welcome.⁠
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11/17/2025

🌙 The Inner Eye: Cultivating Imagination, Inspiration & Intuition in Art Therapy⁠
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Mondays, Jan 12 – Mar 2, 2026 | 1–3pm PST | Online via Zoom⁠
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Awaken your intuitive and imaginative wisdom.⁠
Join facilitator Diane Walters, MA for an eight-week experiential workshop exploring how imagination, inspiration, and intuition become vital allies in creative and therapeutic work.⁠
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Through art-making, somatic awareness, reflective writing, and group dialogue, participants will:⁠
🎨 Deepen creative and ethical presence in therapeutic relationships⁠
🌿 Strengthen inner perception and resilience⁠
💫 Explore sustainable inner practices for professional renewal⁠
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✨ Who It’s For:⁠
Art therapists, counselors, and allied professionals seeking to nourish their inner landscape and reconnect with authentic creative flow.⁠
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💻 Online | 8 Weeks | $495 CAD⁠
One 50%-off seat is reserved for a BIPOC registrant applying to the KATI Diploma Program.⁠
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🌀 Facilitator:⁠
Diane Walters, MA is an artist, educator, and founder of eARTh Studios and Teaching Into the Future.⁠
Diane brings 35+ years of experience guiding art-based processes that foster empathy, presence, and creative awakening.⁠
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📅 Register now: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/kati/1927731/r/fb⁠
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11/14/2025

🎓 Expand Your Practice with KATI’s Professional Development Courses! 🖌️⁠
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The Kutenai Art Therapy Institute (KATI) offers a range of continuing education workshops designed for art therapists, counsellors, educators, and allied professionals.⁠
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Whether you’re deepening your clinical skills, exploring expressive arts approaches, or nurturing your own creative process, these experiential courses provide opportunities for growth, reflection, and renewal.⁠
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🌿 Upcoming Offerings Include:⁠
✨ The Inner Eye: Cultivating Imagination, Inspiration & Intuition in Art Therapy⁠
🎨 Art of Art Therapy Supervision – Level 1 & 2⁠
🧘‍♂️ Walking Between: Part 3- Distress Tolerance ⁠
💬 And more coming soon!⁠
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📅 Courses run online and in person throughout the year.⁠
💻 Visit Calendar link in our bio to learn more and register.⁠
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11/14/2025

Wondering if Art Therapy Is Your Path? Learn More with KATI

🎨 KATI Online Information Session

📅 Thu, Nov 27, 2025
⏰ 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST
📍 Online via Zoom
✅ Free registration

Are you curious about pursuing a career in art therapy?
Join us for a free webinar to learn more about the Kutenai Art Therapy Institute (KATI) and our transformative graduate-level art therapy training.

Together we will explore:
✨ Our new online application process
✨ Program structure + delivery (Hybrid Campus + Hybrid Online)
✨ Clinical placement + supervision opportunities
✨ Research + thesis/capstone pathways
✨ Career prospects + professional associations

KATI’s two-year art therapy program is rooted in:
🌿 Relationship to land
🤝 Community + collective care
🎨 Transformative, creative learning

There will be time for live Q&A, so bring your questions!
Can’t attend? Register to receive a recording of the session.

▶️ Register for free today and take your next step toward meaningful work in art therapy. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/katiinfosession/1939155/r/fb

11/11/2025

🌺 November 11: Honouring Remembrance and Reflection⁠
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On November 11, we pause to remember the courage, sacrifice, and humanity of those who have served, and the many lives forever changed by conflict.⁠
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At the Kutenai Art Therapy Institute (KATI), we hold this day as a time to reflect on peace, healing, and the shared humanity that connects us all. In a world still marked by violence, displacement, and grief, remembrance reminds us of the urgent need for compassion and understanding.⁠
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Art therapy offers a way to hold these complex feelings, transforming sorrow and hope into creative expression. Whether through painting a poppy, lighting a candle, or sitting in silence, may we honour the past while imagining a more peaceful future together.⁠
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11/08/2025

🌿 Call for Art + Community Exhibition 🌿⁠
Earth, Hearth, Heart⁠ - An Art Show About Home
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What does home mean to you? Is it a place, a feeling, a memory, or a wish in the making?⁠
Join us for an evening of art and community as we explore the many meanings of home through imagination, memory, and belonging.⁠
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🗓 Friday, November 28, 2025⁠
🕕 6 - 8 pm⁠
📍 Kutenai Art Therapy Institute (191 Baker St)⁠
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✨ Enjoy popcorn and refreshments, wander through three themed studios, and take part in interactive activities like folk art–style house painting and button making.⁠
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🎨 Call for Art⁠
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We’re inviting students, clients, faculty, and community members to contribute artwork that reflects the theme Home — Earth, Hearth, Heart.⁠
Submit your artwork, title, and short reflection by Wednesday, November 26.⁠
Framing is optional, and digital pieces (photos, videos, or slides) are welcome to be displayed on a loop during the event.⁠
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Questions? Contact Joss at jvanwynsberghe@kutenaiarttherapy.com.⁠
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11/04/2025

🎨 Limited Seats Available!

Level 2 | The Art of Art Therapy Supervision
with Monica Carpendale, BFA, DVATI, BCATR, RCAT

🗓️ Tuesdays, Nov 18 – Dec 16, 2025
🕒 3–6 PM (PST) | 💻 Online via Zoom
💲 $495 CAD

Step deeper into the transformative art of supervision with KATI founder and Professor Emeritus Monica Carpendale.

Level 2 expands on foundational learning to explore:
🌿 Strength-based and positive art therapy approaches
🔥 Compassion fatigue, burnout & resiliency
🎭 Arts-based supervision practices and the seven-eyed model

Monica’s teaching blends theory and creativity through a relational, ecological, and phenomenological lens, inviting authentic connection and reflective depth.

🌈 One 50% off seat reserved for a BIPOC registrant.
➡️ Register now, limited spots remain! https://www.tickettailor.com/events/aats/1876259/r/fb

11/03/2025

🗝️ Unlock the Art of Relationship in Part Two of Walking Between⁠
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Interpersonal Effectiveness – Part Two⁠
🗓️ Nov. 18 – Dec. 9, 2025⁠
🕠 Tuesdays, 5:30–7:30 PM (PT)⁠
💻 Online via Zoom⁠
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Join Nikki Featherstone (DKATI, RCAT), Registered Art Therapist, KATI faculty member, and founder of Haven Art Therapy, for the second part of this transformative DBT and Art Therapy series.⁠
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Nikki’s teaching is rooted in compassion, embodiment, and creative exploration. She invites participants to slow down, listen deeply, and engage the arts as a bridge toward connection and clarity. Through her integrative, trauma-informed lens, she helps others rediscover how to:⁠
🎨 Express needs with authenticity⁠
🤝 Build relationships grounded in respect⁠
💬 Navigate conflict with empathy and balance⁠
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Each session blends DBT wisdom with expressive art-making, fostering both professional insight and personal transformation.⁠
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💲 $495/workshop⁠
🌈 One 50% off seat reserved for a BIPOC/Queer registrant planning to attend KATI next year⁠
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➡️ Register now: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/kati/1827890/r/fb
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10/31/2025

🍂 Autumn at KATI: Honouring Awareness, Connection, and Care⁠
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As we move into the slower rhythm of autumn, October invites us to turn inward to reflect, nurture, and extend compassion to ourselves and others. At the Kutenai Art Therapy Institute (KATI), we recognize October as a month rich with awareness, advocacy, and heart-centered connection.⁠
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This month, we stand in support of Mental Health Awareness and the many interconnected causes that remind us how creativity, care, and education can shape healing communities. Through art therapy, we continue to create spaces for expression, reflection, and collective resilience, especially as we head into the colder season when connection matters most.⁠
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🎨 At KATI, We Honour the Month Through Creative Action⁠
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Art therapy helps us give shape and color to the invisible emotions, memories, and the experiences that words alone cannot hold.⁠
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Throughout October and November, we encourage you to:⁠
🖌️ Create art that reflects gratitude, resilience, or healing.⁠
💬 Share stories that bring visibility to hidden struggles.⁠
🤝 Support community organizations advocating for mental and physical health.⁠
🌿 Take time for yourself: create, rest, and breathe into change.⁠
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🕊️ A Reflection for October⁠
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As leaves change and fall, we’re reminded that letting go can be part of healing. In each season of loss or transformation, creativity helps us find our way back to hope.⁠
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10/30/2025

🎨 Upcoming Events at Kutenai Art Therapy Institute (KATI)⁠
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Here’s a look at our upcoming creative and educational opportunities designed for growth, connection, and healing. Check out all our offerings, from professional development to student groups.⁠
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Whether you’re looking to deepen your practice, explore creative self-care, or engage with community art, KATI has something for you.⁠
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👉 Register today and stay in the loop via our mailing list. ⁠
https://www.kutenaiarttherapy.com/signup⁠
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10/27/2025

💕 ENM Love Lab: Online Art Therapy for the Polyamorous

📅 Fridays, Nov. 7 – Dec. 5, 2025
🕐 1:30–3:30 PM PST
💻 Online via Zoom
🎨 Suggested Donation: $3/session

Love beyond the box? Join ENM Love Lab, a creative and judgment-free online art therapy group for the ethically non-monogamous, facilitated by q***r KATI art therapy students Pam Dixon and Emma Thomson.

Explore the art of connection through painting, collage, and mixed media. No art skills needed, just curiosity and an open heart. ✨

This brave, inclusive space welcomes q***r, trans, neurodivergent, kinky, and BIPOC participants.

📩 To join, email facilitator for an access code before registering. https://app.tickettailor.com/events/pd/1918007/r/fb

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191 Baker Street 2nd Floor
Nelson, BC
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https://www.kutenaiarttherapy.com/

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The Kutenai Art Therapy Institute (KATI) is dedicated to the belief that the creative process is healing and life enhancing. The Institute offers art therapy services to children, youth and adults, an accredited post-baccalaureate art therapy diploma program and professional development opportunities in expressive arts therapies and ecological identity. The KATI program integrates art therapy theory, practice and research. The Institute is situated in the small heritage town of Nelson, BC, and emphasizes an awareness of the therapeutic needs of rural communities, with a focus on training culturally sensitive and responsive art therapists. The program is offered in 2 different formats: a campus program with planned clinical placements; and a distance program with immersive onsite course work and individually established clinical placements in home communities. The Kutenai Art Therapy Institute is a community-based creative program. We are always doing new things: making art, writing books, making movies, putting on workshops, conferences and symposiums. Check out our workshops and events section. Over the last few years we have hosted national and international art and expressive arts therapists. Monica Carpendale, the founder and academic dean, is a published author, film producer, and international presenter.